QUESTION 35 Health Insurance, Inc., believes that its employees waste work time
ID: 340322 • Letter: Q
Question
QUESTION 35
Health Insurance, Inc., believes that its employees waste work time talking and texting on their own phones. The employer notifies its employees that it will monitor these communications. Some employees file a suit, claiming a violation of privacy. The court is most likely to hold that, with respect to the employees’ own phones,?
?federal law prohibits the employees’ privacy claim.
?they have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
?federal law prohibits the employer’s “intentional interception.”
?the employer did not violate the employees’ privacy rights.
a.?federal law prohibits the employees’ privacy claim.
b.?they have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
c.?federal law prohibits the employer’s “intentional interception.”
d.?the employer did not violate the employees’ privacy rights.
Explanation / Answer
Option B: They have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
According to federal law an exception is made for the personal calls of the employees. This suggest that when there is a personal call of the employe, the employer must immediately stop monitoring the call.